Genesys Ensemble Easy Sheets
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1. Let s Select the Stereo Grand Piano from the Piano Preset Families Group PRESET FAMILIES 256 PRESETS OVER 1000 SINGLE SOUNDS SAMPLES DRAWBAR ORGAN w a a y 1 Press the Piano Preset Families Button PIANO MALLET ORGAN GUITAR BASS STRINGS AA DRAWBAR SINGLE PIANO CHROM ORGAN GUITAR BASS STRINGS ENSEMB BRASS mic aaa gt ORCH ACCORD BRASS WIND SYNTH DRUMS EFFECTS SAMPLES USER z z a a REED PIPE SYN LEAD SYN PAD SYNTHFX ETHNIC PERC EFFECTS The Display will look like this 2 Press Soft Button A located at the upper left side of the display to select the Stereo Grand Piano Preset Learn A Word Soft Buttons are called soft because the software of the instrument assigns different functions to them depending on what mode you have accessed Try It Select Sounds from other Preset Families Groups by pressing the desired Preset Families Button and Soft Buttons and discover the versatility of the Genesys Ensemble Digital Piano Harpsichord GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us Playing with a Style Gy Mo Sue By using the eight main Style Families buttons and the Previous Next Page buttons you have access to 256 Pre Programmed Accompaniment Styles These Styles feature 8 full back up tracks Each Style includes 4 different Intros _ Fill ln s Variations and Endings to _ choose from refer to the Style Intro s Fills2. STYLES 4 VARIATIONS 4 INTROS 4 ENDINGS 4 FILLS A 2 Select a Style from LIBRARY POP KROCK TRAD DANCE USER 1 USER 2 the Style Families a a Da STYLE PRESETS SONG PERF 3 Once you have selected a style press the Variation 1 button 7 Try the FILL lt FILL lt gt and BREAK buttons to see what effect they have on the style that is playing FILL BREAK L STYLE CONTROLS INTRO SYNCRO smatisroP ENDING 4 Press the INTRO and SYNCRO buttons so they light up meaning you have activated the feature b STYLE CONTROLS GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us The complexity of the Intro s Fill In s and Endings vary depending on which Variation is selected Try It Select other Styles and listen to the different Intro s Fill In s Variations and Endings that the Genesys Ensemble offers INTRO SYNCRO Audio Guide Record an EASY SONG pe oou The Genesys Ensemble has a built in 32 Track Digital Recording System that is similar in function to a computer based sequencing system If that sounds complicated don t worry We have included a special recording mode called EASY SONG As the name implies EASY SONG helps you record great sounding songs with little effort EASY SONG uses Styles to help you create a song with full accompaniment First press Single Touch Play and select a Style and
3. play a variety of song formats As an example you could insert a standard Audio CD into the CD R Drive and the songs will playback just like they do on your home stereo Or if you insert a floppy disk of Standard MIDI Files SMF or mid into the Floppy Drive the Genesys Ensemble can play these songs For more information on acceptable file types please refer to the User Manual Let s play Bye Bye Love from the included Genesys Music CD2 1 Insert the Genesys Music CD2 into the CD R drive To do this press the Eject button on the lower right of the CD R drive The CD Tray will slide out allowing you to place the CD label side up into the tray Then gently press the front of the CDtray and it will retract back into the instrument Press Soft Button C to choose CD as the source In other words we are telling the Genesys that we want to play songs off of the CD 5EM PARANAENSE AV IRAE IRM ARIES IPED DISD ED ITER ED EDIAA VERNA IRAE IPERS Select Song to Play _Song Player mo mene Se z ae Po EJ faa lt DRIVER gt pran 4 After choosing CD as the source the display will appear as above Use the Down Cursor button to select the Folder named K _ EVERLY SONG PLAYE C STUDIO PLAY SMF SONG WAVE M REC SONG STYLE SAMPLE WAVE m e ton 5 Press the Right Cursor button two times and wait for a list of song names to appear Then use the Down Cursor button to select the
4. A EOE SAAAAAAI 0 Burn Your Own CO 2 Press the Down Cursor button to highlight CD Audio Then press the ENTER button 7 A screen will appear dis playing the current settings for the CD Burner DO NOT CHANGE THESE SETTINGS Simply press the ENTER but ton at this screen and again at the confirmation screen Prepare Data E AN Llriting table of content l lriting tracks Close CO Estimate Time 0 33 3 Press the Down Cursor mh button to highlight WAVE SL R DAVE A SAMPLES 7 BOOK _ 4 Use the Right and Down Cursor buttons to highlight the folder created in EASY Sheet 10 8 The CD Create in progress screen will appear Once the burning process is complete the CD tray will open and close Press the CD Eject button and remove your completed Audio CD GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us
5. CT a GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us How To B U rn a C D g Track 12 One of the most unique features of the Genesys Ensemble is it s ability to burn audio and data CD s Audio CD s created on the Genesys Ensemble can be played back in any standard CD Player As you will see the Genesys Ensemble makes the process quite easy A note about recordable CD media The Genesys Ensemble is compatible with CD R recordable and CD RW re writable media However be aware that most standard CD players are not capable of reading CD RW media It is suggested to use CD R type media if you intend on playing your CD in a standard CD player NOTE PLEASE INSERT THE BLANK CD R MEDIA BEFORE STARTING THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE 1 Press the MAKE CD button CD STUDIO suan your own co 5 Press the Right Cursor rw in the CD STUDIO section mae CO button and you will see your song appear in the upper Note The Cursor ENTER and Soft Buttons will be used in most of the right window following steps though they are 6 Press the the F1 Soft 7 not pictured here Button to the upper right of mn E the display to Add the song to the CD layout Then press the F4 Soft Button to Create your CD xE COSTUDIO muon JJe uN CD STUDIO AAAI SC AUAAADI AAAA ADAIR AAAA nn Sore Piet Pte DARAR RE OSE AAA
6. Genesys Ensemble Make it EASY Sheets i fa Audio Guide Tracki How to Use the EASY SHEETS The Genesys Ensemble EASY Sheets were created to give you the basic steps needed to start having fun with your new instrument The diagram below will help you understand how to get the most out of the EASY Sheets We at Generalmusic appreciate your purchasing the Genesys Ensemble and are committed to providing support materials for this and our other instruments in the future MAKE IT EASY Good words to live by when designing such a feature packed Digital Ensemble Piano The engineers at Generalmusic have done a great job of combining a sophisticated instrument with an easy to use interface These EASY Sheets were created by Wm David McMahan Nat Product Support Mgr Generalmusic USA If you have questions about or a suggestion for future EASY Sheet s you can e mail Dave at support generalmusic us This is the EASY Sheets s page number This is the track number from the accompanying Audio Guide CD pertaining to each EASY Sheet This is the Title area N Audio Guide ft Track In this area you will find a brief description of the feature s that will be learned by following the particular EASY Sheet This area contains specific information related to the steps below Here you will find the steps to follow to complete the EASY Sheet Steps i
7. LLAAALLLAAAALLLAAALLLAAAALLLAAARLLAA A ARkLAA ARRAI LAPANNNAL ANNEAL ikh iddhkkhddihkhididhkhddihkhidddhkhddihkk nara ArT JMulti hsg Acc Split pers eee os 7 utobacking d Full Keyb Bass Split Piano Style ProSplit Ful P Manual Bass aal Note This Auto Chord Mode setting is remembered when you turn the Genesys Ensemble off So the Mode that you Mixer Lock nas rag wee choose will remain until you repeat steps 1 4 to change the Auto chord Mode again Key Memory GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us Make j EASY Sheets Genesys Ensemble You can add excitement to your Style playing by using the built in accompaniment features of the Genesys Ensemble Each Style has four Intro s and Endings to choose from In addition there are four Variations and Fill In s per Style to spice up your song Select your favorite style and follow the steps below 5 Now play a chord on the left end of the keyboard You will hear a simple Intro and then the Genesys will 1 Press the Single Touch STYLE TOOLS Play button S T PLAY to STRAY MOO ARMM automatically activate the accompaniment features meo Sw moa start playing your chosen Style 6 Press the FILL gt button and notice that you hear a Fill in and then the Genesys advances to Variation 2 STYLE FAMILIES 256 STYLES 64 USER
8. Variations and Endings Easy Sheet Let s select the Style named Shake from the Rock Family 5 Now press the START STOP button syNCRO ENDING and a drum beat will start playing 2 Press the Rock ie i Aoi ie a the left a me key Style Families Group oard and you will near the entire band join In button SME ms nd 7 fies 3 Press the NEXT PAGE button to select page 2 of the Rock Family z If you want to adjust the Tempo of your The Display will look like this song simply rotate the TEMPO DATA Dial to the left to make your song slower or to the right to make your song faster Press the Single Touch Play button to automatically activate the accompaniment features You might notice the the sound on the right end of the keyboard has changed This is a feature of Single Touch Play from in step 1 You can always select a new sound from the PRESET FAMILIES as described in the EASY SHEET 1 Selecting Sounds to Play TEMPO DATA 4 Press Soft Button C to select the Shake 8 When you are finished playing press the START STOP a l button to end the playback of your song Style Notice i o Select Styles from other Style Families Groups by pressing the desired aaan aa a Style Families button Page button and Soft buttons and and find your a e mana enya a favorite styles As you listen to various styles try to think of songs that l s you could play along with those styl
9. a Variation as described in EASY Sheet 4 If you would like to adjust the Tempo of the Style press the ENTER button to display the Main Screen and press the START STOP button to hear the Style TEMPO DATA While the Style is playing use the TEMPO DATA dial to adjust the Tempo to your liking Then press START STOP to end playback and continue with step 2 2 Press the INTRO and SYNCRO buttons to activate these features as described in EASY SHEET 4 SONG PLAYE C STUDIO PLAY SMF SONG WAVE M REC SONG STYLE SAMPLE WAVE gt 1 EE gt gt 4 Press Soft Button F5 to select New EASY SONG New Stereo WAYE New Mono SAMPLE New STYLE The Style Name will reflect your EB Ctyeanaa Family Country 9m chosen Style GERI MERE SERIES EE ES A EE New Mono WAVE New EASY SONG me RRR RAISER Fr 5 Play a note s on the left side of the keyboard and recording will begin Play the chord changes with your left hand and the melody with your right hand When you are fin ished press the ENDING button to add an ending to your song Finally press the Stop button to 5 The Song Player screen will be displayed Now press the Play button to hear your song fn Song Player GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us How To Play Pre Recorded Songs Audio Guide Track 7 The Genesys Ensemble can
10. a brass or woodwind instrument or anything else that produces sound Of course the internal hard disk drive will perform all standard storage functions Complete the steps from EASY Sheet s 6 9 for this exercise Now that you know how to play songs from the Genesys Music CD2 EASY Sheet 6 choose a song that you would like to sing EASY Sheet 8 and or play along with Remember that lyrics can be displayed EASY Sheet 7 and that a number of songs also include harmony parts for the Vocal Genius EASY Sheet 9 For consistency we will use Bye Bye Love in the examples PLAYER REC STUDIO section you are asked to name your song Use pCO REC the keyboard to type the name at the blinking cursor then press the ENTER setts eos button use the letters and numbers at the p back of the keys to type the name H Save ns Buerove _ 2 Press the C Soft o ie 5 Press the G Soft Button button to select New H fto select New Folder and Stereo WAVE hf e type a name for the folder where you will store this song then press the ENTER button two times to complete the save After making sure that the volumes are set to your a 5 Press the Play button to a ee ii B f hear your song from the Wave Button to start recording E When finished press F1 E COE ee again to stop recording com lel st a i cA Cc a sp z T a ui k SELE
11. cs and or Score 4 If you would like to view the lyrics or score on a television simply plug one end of the included video cable into the TV jack located in the VIDEO OUT section on the back of the Genesys Ensemble and plug the other end of the cable into the Video IN jack on the back of your television Video IN jacks are usually coded yellow as in the figure below 2a To display the Lyrics press the Lyrics button VIDEt SCORE LYRICS SCORE LYRICS e 2b For music notation press the Score button BYE BYE LOVE BYEBYE HAPPINESS 89 HELLO LONELINESS Jf St I THINK PM GONNA 62 otters el_ lo GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us Make j EASY Sheets Genesys Ensemble Using the Microphone Track 9 The Genesys Ensemble comes with a professional level microphone that plugs into the mic input of the instrument which allows you to sing along with pre recorded songs or your own playing A second input is also available for connecting other instruments into the amplification system of the Genesys Ensemble As an example a friend could plug a guitar into the second input and play along with you Adjusting the Input Sensitivity Gain of the Microphone Input 1 First make sure that the MIC and GENIUS ENW 5 While watching the display and CIKA speaking into the microphone slow
12. es GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us WAG j EASY Sheets Genesys Ensemble Auto Chord Mode One Finger vs Fingered Dy Mio sui Auto Chord Mode allows you to adjust how the Genesys generates chords for your accompaniment There are two Auto Chord Modes Fingered Mode and One Finger Mode Fingered Mode requires three or more notes for the Arranger to create an accompaniment One Finger Mode only needs the root of the chord to create a major accompaniment or the root and another note 3 halfsteps above musically correct to hear a minor accompaniment Refer to the Genesys Ensemble User Manual for more on Auto Chord Mode and the types of chords notes accepted Changing from Fingered Mode to One Finger Mode 1 Press the Edit button in the Style Tools section The Arrange Mode will appear in the display 3 Using the TEMPO DATA dial select n the Auto Chord Mode that you desire There are three choices One Finger Fingered 1 and Fingered 2 refer to the Genesys Ensemble User Manual for differences in Fingered 1 and Fingered 2 2 Use the Cursor Keys to highlight the upper Auto Chord Mode value if it is not already selected 4 Once you have selected the Auto Chord Mode of your choice press the Style Tools Edit button to return to the Arrange Mode main screen BAA AANA ALLLAAALLLLAAALLLAAAARLLAAALLLAAAAL
13. ly rotate the center GAIN knob clockwise This adjustment knob is located in the AUDIO IN section on the back panel of the Genesys Ensemble NOTE Don t be alarmed that you don t hear your voice through the speakers You are going to turn the Mic volume up in just a moment 6 While performing step 5 you will notice that the VU meter is moving to the right as you speak Adjust the Y Liliiitiiitiiaa 2 The microphone input is located on the back of the instrument Plug the microphone cable into the input labeled M 3 Once the microphone is plugged in turn the mic ON by moving the slider switch located on the mic to the ON posi f GAIN until the VU meter appears as in vy maaan tion toward the head of the mic figure 1a If you turn the GAIN up too aie far the input will peak as in figure 1b which will result in distortion 7 Press the EFFECTS button to exit VOCALGENUS n the current screen Now press the ON OFF button to turn the mic on While speaking into the mic slowly raise the MIC volume slider until a comfortable volume is reached Reverb Foor emna Delay Prog T microphone is now ready to use EASY Sheet 9 Hic Liniter 14 a8 N L gate Off ok show you how to begin having fun using the mic GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us 4 Aone time adjustment needs to be made to the MIC input so that a p
14. n RED and are are numbered enclosed in BLUE boundaries When needed graphics are included to NOTES Are enclosed in black reinforce the boundaries like this one steps in the EASY Sheets When necessary references to the Genesys Ensemble User s Manual will be made We have tried to keep that to a minimum as much as possible oe GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us EASY Sh INDEX EASY Sheet Selecting Sounds to Play Easy Sheet2_ Playing with a Style EASY Sheets Auto Chord Mode One Finger vs Fingered Easy sheta Style Intros Fills Variations and Endings Easy Sheets _ Record an EASY SONG Easy Sheets 1 How To Play Pre Recorded Songs Easy Sheet 1 How to Display Lyrics and Music Notation Easy Sheets U sing the Microphone EASY Sheeto_ Singing a Song with Vocal Harmony EASY Sheet 10 Making an Audio Recording Easy Sheet 11 How To Burn a CD Track 2 Selecting Sounds to Play iD Austio Cuide Sounds in the Genesys are grouped by specific types of instruments into what is called Preset Families There are 16 different Preset Family Groups each with 16 Sounds to play This adds up to a total of 256 Presets that you can choose from There is also an additional 256 User Locations if you want to create your own Presets refer to Creating and Editing Sound Presets in the User Manual
15. roper level is achieved To set this level press the Effects button in the Vocal Genius section EFA Vocal benius PT eee Effects Gk Stereo Grand VOCAL HARMONY VOCODER LEFT RIGHTE i Wol 12 The E anse x MIC LIE EFFECTS A Mic Equalizer Vol 127 i Pan A Rev Send A Delay Send A MAAA AAAA ArAnA EAA AAA WA j EASY Sheets Genesys Ensemble Singing a Song with Vocal Harmony M Aio Guide The Vocal Genius feature of the Genesys Ensemble has the ability to create up to four vocal harmony parts based on what you sing or even speak into the microphone The harmony parts can be created automatically while playing with a style or on the fly harmonies can be accomplished by playing the desired harmonies in real time from the keyboard Also many of the songs that are included on the Genesys Music CD2 have built in harmonies All you have to do is supply the lead vocal part Lets sing the Everly Brother s hit Bye Bye Love 1 Complete steps 1 5 of EASY Sheet 6 Now let s add some Harmony How to Play Pre Recorded Songs VOCAL GENIUS VOCAL HARMONY VOCODER VOCAL GENI a 7 Press the HARMONY button 2 Complete steps 1 and 2a of EASY Sheet 7 located in the VOCAL GENIUS J How to Display Lyrics and Music Notation section Harmony is activated h h LED within th oe 3 Complete steps 1 6 of EASY Sheet 8 ee ee at eae Mii nine Using the Microphone E Wey 4 Press the Play bu
16. song Bye Bye Love 5 To play the song press the Play Songs can be played from Floppy Disk or the internal Hard Drive just as easily as from the CD Simply choose the correct source from the Song Player screen as described in step 3 Up to 64 songs can be loaded into the Genesys Ensemble s internal memory for easy recall Simply choose RAM Random Access Memory as the source in the Song Player screen Please refer to the Users Manual on how to load songs into internal memory GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us lake j EASY Sheets Genesys Ensemble How to Display Lyrics and Music Notation 4A igis The Genesys Ensemble can display lyrics on it s LCD Display if the song includes lyrics All of the songs on the Genesys Music CD2 include lyrics Many companies who sell Standard MIDI Files include lyrics within their songs The Genesys Ensemble can also display music notation of specially prepared songs Lyrics and music notation can also be output to a standard television for viewing by a group of people for sing along karaoke parties and other functions We ll use Bye Bye Love from EASY Sheet 6 for this exercise 1 Once you have completed steps 1 5 of 3 Now press the Play button in the EASY Sheet 6 How To Play Pre Recorded Songs SONG PLAYER REC STUDIO to hear the you will be ready to continue song and see the Lyri
17. tton in the SONG PLAYER REC STUDIO section You should now hear the song Bye Bye Love start to play 7 Play the song again but as you sing this time turn up the Vocal Genius Harmony by raising the GENIUS volume slider and listen to the authentic Everly Brother s style harmonies Createdaby the Vocal Genius MIC GENIUS 5 Now i s time to start having fun When you sing into the microphone you will hear your N voice through the Genesys Ensemble s speaker Some songs actually tell the Vocal Genius to create the proper system along with the music pitch for the lead vocal as well as the harmonies Play this Playback will stop when the song reaches the song again but this time turn the MIC volume all the way down end or by pressing the Stop button in the SONG Now simply speak the words in time with the song and you will PLAYER REC STUDIO section hear both the lead and harmony vocal parts GENERALMUSIC CORP 1164 Tower Lane Bensenville IL 60106 phone 630 766 8230 fax 630 766 8281 www Generalmusic us oo Audio Guide Track 11 Making an Audio Recording The Genesys Ensemble s internal hard disk drive can function as a Digital Audio Recorder and is sur prisingly easy to use Play live or along with a MIDI file or an Audio CD even connect another instrument like a guitar into the LINE input and record the entire performance to the hard drive The MIC input and included microphone can be used to record your voice
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